Hook Norton Old Hooky (Bottle)

Brewed by Hook Norton
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England

Bottle. Pours amber with a off-white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with light fruit, a hint of hops and a touch of caramel. Flavor is sweet malts, fruit, toffee and a bit of caramel with a little bitterness and a dry finish.

Pours a clear dark amber with medium head. Malty aroma. Fruity, light hops and some sweet. Simple, uncomplicated beer thats quite enjoyable . B rating.

Bottle@Home. Metallic aroma, light fruity and some herbs as well. Amber color, beige head, good lace. Sweet, light bitter, herbal, some caramel, malty, light sticky. Not badly brewed but I didn’t fancy the aroma and it’s too sweet to be refreshing.

For me, beer can hardly get better than this. This is a beautiful reddish copper with a huge, light tan head that slowly shrinks to a thin permanent top and nice lacing. The smell, very English, is wonderful It has toasted bread, leaves and tea, spices, caramel, grain, hay, stewed apples, fresh fruit, dried fruit,and nuts. The flavour is complex and exciting but restrained. It hasa lot of leaves and tea, nuts, caramelized dried fruit, juice, toasted bread and grain, hints of citrus and nuts, black pepper, and red wine. The finish is hoppy, crisp and clean, yet long and complex.

500 ml bottle. Clear coppery orange colour, creamy off-white head, nice lacing. Simple sweet malty aroma with a hint of hops. Slightly roasty and dry malty flavour, with some fruits and a nice dry finish.

Bottle from River’s Bend. Poured clear brown color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate sweet malty aroma. Medium body with a dry bitter texture. Medium bittersweet flavor with a smooth toasted bitter finish of average duration. Solid drinkable brew.

Bottle. Dark amber pour with a brow creamy head. Aroma has some caramel and malts. and buttery toffee. Taste is bitter and crispy, nice malty finish with some nuts. Quess im a sucker for ESB but this is pretty good.

Pours a lovely copper with a inch worth of creamy foam. Aroma is fruity esters, sweet caramel malt and light hop. Flavor is initially faintly bitter that yields to ample fruity notes, sweet malt, caramel & toffee. Finishes fairly clean. Moderate body and overall a pleasant & balanced brew.